Free Photography Lessons, Part 4: Focus & Lenses

I gladly offer this basic, 5-part series of photography lessons FOR FREE! Our world has become increasingly visual in the way we communicate. We not only take more pictures, we show them, send them and display them to more eyes than ever before. Wouldn't it be nice to capture and show better pictures?

In this series, I get us thinking about...

1. How to tell a story with our photographs by understanding the 4 dimensions associated with the art.

2. The basic elements of "composing" our photographic story. How do we put things in our viewfinders so people get the essence of that moment that inspired us.

3. Understanding exposure, light and color and how they combine to say what we want.

4. How lens choice and operation effects focus and how focus effects what we show in our photos

5. The people in our photographs and the people we are showing them to.

Please enjoy these lessons. They're not meant to be comprehensive and their not meant to be exhaustive or advanced. That doesn't mean I don't encourage any questions you might want to post for either me to try to answer or anyone else who comes along.

Please, be kind, helpful and enjoy.

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• film
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• art
• composition
• light
• color
• focus
• exposure
• web
• publish

[ulstertower]

Thank You!!

[Jimbacsi]

You're welcome! Enjoy!

[Trulight911]

For those that don't have a tripod, there's another alternative method to helping with camera shake.

Do a search for 1 dollar image stabalizer :)

[guerrero5336]

You are the BEST! Thank You !!!!

[Kenrdil]

"Most walls are very very steady" :)

[BeccyWall]

wicked video, really enjoyed it

[happydancer62]

Photography is my new passion! I like to read thephotographyclinic (.) com thanks for posting.

[MrLeviaFUN]

@mychinesecrested - do you really want to spend $1200+ for a camera being a beginner? I got a D5000 for about $700 and this camera is way more than I really need as far as options are concerned.

[kami645464]

@Trulight911 thanks!

[mychinesecrested]

I am enjoying all of your videos. Your voice is very easy to listen to. Looking forward to more lessons from you. Thank_you very much.

I am just getting into the DSLR's. I have always been a P & S person. I am looking to buy the Nikon D7000 when it comes out later this month. Any opinion?

[OzWraith]

@Trulight911 Thanks for that tip! That's a great idea!

[wellingtonbosharpe]

Thank god, a tutorial thats actually useful. Thank you